[Ber Kley]

Sorry no chrono data. It is currently at a friend’s house and it was cloudy with rain.

[Ber Kley]

My old Para is the least picky 1911 I’ve ever had. It gobbles up everything. The flat nose cheap 230gr will all but stack on top one another just like the critical duty rounds do. That gun never ceases to surprise people especially since it looks old and ugly.

[Ber Kley]

Shooting seated but not rested with light rain and breezy. It was a roughly 2″ group at 15 yards from an original gen2 Glock 19. The grouping wasn’t bad. I think pushing the pressure up a little more may be the key for that particular gun.

The 3.9 load made a decent group with 3 of the 5 rounds and it kept tightening as the load got hotter. If I was loading it just for the one gun, I’d push it to 4.4 or 4.5. I basically try to develop an acceptable group on my worst one and it generally performs better on the others.

With some more tweaking, I think it can be a good all around performer. Next will be to load a few hundred on the n320 and the titegroup to run a multigun comparison against the Federals.

[Ber Kley]

The 4.2 grains of N320 performed the best of the 3.9-4.3 ladder overall. I still don’t get the grouping consistency of the factory 124 Federal HSTs. However, the federal feels like a much hotter round than the N320 loads. I’m not seeing any concerning pressure signs and I think I will tinker with the overall length a bit to see if I can tighten the groups some more.

[Ber Kley]

What COL are you using with that load?

[Ber Kley]

I should have about 4lbs tucked in there somewhere.

[Ber Kley]

I’ll probably run a ladder from 3.8 to 4.2 or 4.3 to see where my sweet spot is. From what I’m reading it seems to be the 4.1 and 4.2. I’ve just got to get back home and get in the powder safe to be sure my memory isn’t lying to me.

[Ber Kley]

I was leaning towards it as my next choice. I’ll have to start digging out some load data for it.

[Ber Kley]

I’ve got some WST and N320.

[Ber Kley]

The primers were beginning to flatten at the 5.4 whick is actually above the max charge of 5.3. The powder seemed a bit smokier than others and the brass wasn’t sootier than the factory federal loads which was fully flattening the primers.

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